diff --git a/supertux.spec b/supertux.spec
index a60e5e7..04a9986 100644
--- a/supertux.spec
+++ b/supertux.spec
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ Patch0:         supertux-0.4.0-desktop.patch
 # tinygettext fails to build on ppc64le.
 # https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1299151
 ExcludeArch:    ppc64le
+BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(sdl2) >= 2.0.1
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(SDL2_image) >= 2.0.0
 BuildRequires:  zlib-devel